Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 358

Mrs. Qin was talking to an old mama surnamed Zheng. She was her dowry servant. She had served her all her life and had never married out. 

Ironically, although Mrs. Chen was the lady of the house, her status in the manor was far inferior to that of Zheng Mama. 

The maid went in to pass the message, and Mrs. Chen waited quietly under the corridor.

Mrs. Qin only took medicine not long ago, so she had someone open the window to breathe. 

Indistinctly, Mrs. Chen heard Zheng Mama say inside, “This old slave can save it, just a little… Just keep it… No more noise.” 

When the mama came out, Mrs. Chen went in. 

The rumors about her identity in the past few days were no longer fresh and there were fewer people talking about it. In addition, Feng Yu helped to intercede, so Mrs. Qin allowed Mrs. Chen to move in the house. 

Seeing her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Qin still didn’t have a smile on her face, and she said, “Although your ban has been lifted, you caused such a thing for our family earlier. If you have nothing to do, don’t walk around.” 

Mrs. Chen said softly, “This daughter-in-law has something to report to mother-in-law. I want to go out tomorrow.” 

Mrs. Qin said with a smile, “It was your prayer that caused the mess last time. Do you still want to go out this time?” 

Mrs. Chen said, “This time, I won’t go to pray, but I will go to ‘Food of Heaven’.” She sighed again and continued, “I’m ashamed to say this. Although I stayed for a whole day last time, I couldn’t find anything useful for you. This time, I want to make up for my mistakes.” 

“You’re enlightened.” Mrs. Qin frowned. 

The younger son Feng Tao also emptied the first floor of the restaurant and created an elegant room. 

With a shy face, Mrs. Qin sent a message to the people she had made friends with.

Therefore, the opening day was lively, but no one wanted to go after that. 

Feng Tao came to her again, so Mrs. Qin could only write another letter to ask the women’s opinions and why they didn’t go there anymore. 

Those women all replied to her letters, but the letters were all about them. One said that she had a lot of things at home and another said that she was sick. 

Because of that, Mrs. Qin didn’t refuse her. 

Then she thought again that Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang from Duke Ying’s mansion had met, and it was difficult to guarantee that she would not recognize her. But it didn’t matter if she recognised her now. 

And she wasn’t afraid that Mrs. Chen would make a fool of herself and ruin her family’s reputation. Anyway, the whole capital knew that Mrs. Chen was an unworthy person. Even if it got really ugly, she could say that Mrs. Chen wanted to go, and it had nothing to do with her. 

“Then go ahead and spend ten taels of silver. This time, you must find out some useful news.” 

Mrs. Chen nodded in agreement. Thinking sourly that in the past, she treated Mrs. Qin like her own mother, so she didn’t want to tell lies to deceive her. 

But she just lied and coaxed Mrs. Qin into a rare kindness to her. 

After leaving Qin’s yard, she went to find Zheng Mama. 

 Zheng Mama had a separate yard. Although she was a very proud person in the mansion, she was a servant, so there were no other servants in the small yard. 

When Mrs. Chen passed, she heard her talking to a young man in his early twenties in the room.

That man was Zheng Mama’s godson, and he was also a servant in the front yard of Duke Lu’s mansion. 

When Mrs. Chen entered, she happened to see Zheng Mama handing a small paper bag to the servant. 

She was startled by her arrival, and the young servant tucked the paper bag into his sleeve at once. 

“Why did Madam come here?” Zheng Mama stood up unhappy. 

After Mrs. Chen explained, Zheng Mama took out a pair of keys, and went to Duke Lu’s account room to collect 12 taels of silver and hand it to her. 

When Zheng Mama returned, her godson was still waiting in the yard. 

“Madam saw it, godmother…” 

Zheng Mama sneered, “What can Madam do? Not to mention that she didn’t  hear anything, even if she did, what can she do? This is the old lady’s account. The errand, if done, will of course benefit you.” 

The young servant breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, “This is your support to this son, and I will keep it in mind. I will definitely handle this errand beautifully.”

 … … 

In the morning of the next day, Gu Yin, who had taken a day’s vacation, naturally went to Food of Heaven.

Mrs. Chen arrived. This time, she didn’t let her go upstairs and invited her to go to the massage department in the backyard. 

The massage department was quiet and had many wing rooms. The two found a room to talk in, and at the same time, Gu Yin asked someone to pick up the old couple. 

Knowing that she would see her parents soon, Mrs. Chen immediately became restless. She was looking out the window from time to time, and brushing the loose hair on her forehead repeatedly. 

After two or three quarters later, the old couple from the Ge family were picked up. 

Gu Yin heard Song Shiliu’s voice outside. She stood up and took two steps, but found that Mrs. Chen hadn’t moved. 

She was shaking all over. 

In the blink of an eye, Song Shiliu came in and said, “Madam, I’ve brought the people for you.”

Gu Yin beckoned her to the side and gestured for her to be quiet.

Outside the door, Uncle Ge was walking quickly in front of Aunt Ge, but when he got to the door, he didn’t dare to go in. 

Aunt Ge asked him what he was afraid of, but her own voice was vibrating. 

Uncle Ge hurriedly lowered his voice and said, “In front of Nan Nan, you have to save some face for me.” 

Mrs. Chen also adjusted her emotions and went out to greet them. 

With that, the three finally met.